Poland: Going Just Part of the Way

After a flurry of hints and a flutter of hopes, the end seemed imminent
at last. Ever since Pope John Paul II left his homeland three weeks
ago, officials have been suggesting that martial law would soon be
lifted. Once the Politburo had endorsed the move last week, the Polish
parliament held a special one-day session. Its purpose: to consider a
battery of constitutional amendments and laws that would accompany the
repeal. General Wojciech Jaruzelski could formally announce the end of
martial law, after 19 agonizing months, as soon as July...